Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and honest people are screwed first.

Failure cannot cope with persistence.

Failure is the foundation of success, and the means by which it is achieved.

The chief cause of failure and unhappiness is trading what you want most for what you want right now

You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

As soon as the fear approaches near, attack and destroy it.

Great services are not canceled by one act or by one single error.

Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.

Man knows so much and does so little.

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.

Discontent, blaming, complaining, self-pity cannot serve as a foundation for a good future, no matter how much effort you make.

Do not be afraid of mistakes, providing you do not make the same one twice.

Nature never excuses lapses.

The worst prison would be a closed heart.

To stumble twice against the same stone is a proverbial disgrace.

But man is not made for defeat,'he said. 'A man can be destroyed but not defeated.

At fifteen life had taught me undeniably that surrender, in its place, was as honorable as resistance, especially if one had no choice.